This company has been around for about five years trying to get this product
to market. They started out as Imagek and morphed into (e)Film and then
SiliconFilm. They've sucked up a whole heap of investor money along the way
and been sold a few times. If you search the list archives, you'll see this
topic comes up about every 3-4 months or so.
Want a laugh? Here's a brief, non-financial chronological look:
March 1998: <$1,000. "IMAGEK expects to demonstrate EFS-1 this spring
following a careful review of upcoming venues. IMAGEK expects EFS-1 to be
available in Summer 1998"
January 1999: <$800. "We have selected our first two rounds of beta testers
for the IMAGEK Electronic Film System. Our target date for initial
availability is June of 1999. Initial unit price will be under $800."
May 1999: <$800 "IMAGEK expects initial systems to be available Summer
1999."
January 2000: $699 "Product availability Summer 2000". "Although a limited
number of pre-orders may be accepted, it is anticipated that EFS-1 will be
available for consumer sale during the first half of calendar 2000. "
November 2000: $699 "Product availability is expected following the
completion of product testing, field testing and agency certification of
EFS-1, planned to be completed in the fall, 2000."
May 2001: $699 "Components of the EFS-1 system are available to order, with
initial deliveries planned for June, 2001"
September 2001: Still $699, but no dates for delivery now! "The EFS-1
system and its components will be available directly from Silicon Film
Technologies"
Today: NO Price, NO Dates. "Where can I buy Silicon Film products? EFS-1
will initially be available directly from Silicon Film's website,
www.siliconfilm.com. Please monitor our website for future availability in
other countries."
It was a nice concept about two or three years ago, but the small size of
the sensor and the limited body compatibility will never make it a
commercial success.
There is ZERO chance of them making an OM body unit, IMO.
Skip
From: "Mike Cormier" <ronaldcormier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Kind of on topic... you decide.
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 14:32:31 -0500
I'm wondering if anyone has been to this website:
http://www.siliconfilm.com/
I know they do not yet list OM as a compatible camera, but if we hammer
their site they might consider it. So what do you guys think? Is it worth
the effort?
Would any of you even want such a product?
Is this even still being produced?
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